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fractures
fractures
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Biology
Undergraduate 2
05/12/2010
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when the fracture line is continous through the bone its called?
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complete
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spiral fracture
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fracture tat curves around the bone
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transcervical
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fracture through the neck of the femur
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greenstick
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only one cortex of the bone and is not a complete break
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potts fracture
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fracture; fibula near the ankle
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colles fracture
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distal radius tat occurs @ the epiphysis
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